Meridian Township, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Meridian Township, Michigan, shaded from 830 ft on the west side to 940 ft on the south side
Elevation
940 ft 285 m910 ft 280 m900 ft 275 m870 ft 265 m840 ft 255 m830 ft 255 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
Click or tap anywhere
The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Meridian Township sits at about 860 ft (265 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
860 ft 265 m
most residents: 850–890 ft
Lowest
830 ft 255 m
on the west side
Highest
940 ft 285 m
on the south side
Average
860 ft 265 m
all land inside township boundaries

Meridian Township spans about 110 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
860 ft265 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the south side
940 ft285 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the west side
830 ft255 m
Airport (LAN)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.4 mi northwest of the township boundaries
861 ft262 m
Average of all land860 ft265 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.0 mi south to north through the middle of Meridian Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Meridian Township, Michigan, shaded from 830 ft on the west side to 940 ft on the south side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Charter township in Ingham County, Michigan, United States
Population
45,102 2024 est.
Land area
30.6 sq mi + 1.1 sq mi water
Density
1,476 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.7239° N, 84.4286° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Grand River
Airport
Capital Region International (LAN) 861 ft
ZIP codes 4
48823 48840 48864 48910
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Wheatfield Township900 ft
  2. Alaiedon Township890 ft
  3. Williamstown Township880 ft
  4. Holt880 ft
  5. Okemos870 ft
  6. Lansing860 ft
  7. Meridian Township860 ft
  8. Bath860 ft
  9. Haslett860 ft
  10. Bath Township850 ft
  11. East Lansing850 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Teaspoon Hill1,050 ft
  • Hog Island860 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the township boundaries, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census township boundaries (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.